Shloka 29

अध्याय ९५: चित्राङ्गदस्य गन्धर्वेण सह संग्रामः तथा विचित्रवीर्यस्य राज्याभिषेकः

Chitrāṅgada’s duel with the Gandharva and Vicitravīrya’s consecration

Devanagari script

राजा सुहोत्रने राजसूय तथा अश्वमेध आदि अनेक यज्ञोंद्वारा यजन किया और समुद्रपर्यन्त सम्पूर्ण पृथ्वीका, जो हाथी-घोड़ोंसे परिपूर्ण तथा अनेक प्रकारके रत्नोंसे सम्पन्न थी, उपभोग किया। जब राजा सुहोत्र धर्मपूर्वक प्रजाका शासन कर रहे थे, उस समय सारी पृथ्वी हाथी, घोड़ों, रथ और मनुष्योंसे खचाखच भरी थी। उन पशु आदिके भारी भारसे पीड़ित होकर राजा सुहोत्रके शासनकालकी पृथ्वी मानो नीचे धँसी जाती थी ॥। २६-- २८ ।। चैत्ययूपाड्किता चासीद्‌ भूमि: शतसहख्रशः । प्रवृद्धजनसस्या च सर्वदैव व्यरोचत,उनके राज्यकी भूमि लाखों चैत्यों (देव-मन्दिरों) और यज्ञयूपोंसे चिह्नित दिखायी देती थी। सब लोग हृष्ट-पुष्ट होते थे। खेतीकी उपज अधिक हुआ करती थी। इस प्रकार उस राज्यकी पृथ्वी सदा ही अपने वैभवसे सुशोभित होती थी

Transliteration

caitayayūpāṅkitā cāsīd bhūmiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | pravṛddhajanasasyā ca sarvadaiva vyarocata ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: In King Suhotra’s realm, the land appeared everywhere marked by hundreds of thousands of sacred shrines (caityas) and sacrificial posts (yūpas). The people were robust and flourishing, the crops were abundant, and thus the kingdom’s earth continually shone with prosperity—presented as the visible fruit of righteous rule and well-performed sacrifice.

Word by Word

चैत्यshrine/temple (as an attribute in compound)

यूपsacrificial post (as an attribute in compound)

अङ्किताmarked/adorned

चand

आसीत्was

भूमिःthe land/earth

शतhundreds (in compound sense)

सहस्रशःby thousands; in thousands

प्रवृद्धgrown; abundant

जनof people (in compound)

सस्याhaving crops/produce

चand

सर्वदाalways

एवindeed; just

व्यरोचत्shone; appeared splendid

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

King Suhotra

bhūmi (the land/earth)

caitya (shrines)

yūpa (sacrificial posts)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage links public prosperity to dharmic kingship and ritual responsibility: a ruler who upholds dharma and supports sacred rites is portrayed as generating social well-being—healthy people, abundant harvests, and a land visibly sanctified by religious institutions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes the condition of Suhotra’s kingdom: the landscape is filled with shrines and sacrificial posts, the population is thriving, agriculture is productive, and the realm appears continually splendid—serving as a narrative marker of Suhotra’s successful and righteous reign.